#C9BE3F#C9BE3F

#C9BE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE3F
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -10.78, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 63.38, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0357 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3998, 49.6050, 11.9903)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE3F #3F4AC9

analogous

#C9793F #C9BE3F #8FC93F

triadic

#C9BE3F #3FC9BE #BE3FC9

tetradic

#C9BE3F #3FC979 #3F4AC9 #C93F8F

square

#C9BE3F #3FC979 #3F4AC9 #C93F8F

split-complementary

#C9BE3F #3F8FC9 #793FC9

monochromatic

#6F681F #9E952D #C9BE3F #D6CE6F #E4DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C9BE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE3F

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE3F	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17b',
    500: '#c9be3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be3f;
$custom-light: #ddd17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78791,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE3F

secondary

#9498D0

accent

#54DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE3F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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